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11/24/2023
Listen to excerpts from Outlook's India, Identify, Gender, Health issue by Pragya Vats
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I am Pragya and I bring to you excerpts from the current issue of Outlook,
00:04
which looks at two cover stories.
00:06
One, ground reports from five states going to polls through three vectors of identity,
00:11
gender and health.
00:13
And will the outcome decide which way the wind will blow in the 2024 general elections?
00:18
Second cover story continues to be on Palestine, titled "From the River to the Sea".
00:24
Home for Hope by Haimardesh Pandey.
00:26
Snehawan in Pune is home to children of farmers who have died by suicide.
00:31
Within its gates, they find a place to nurture their dreams.
00:35
Children of all age groups are scattered around the two acre complex with its gaily painted walls.
00:42
In their yellow t-shirts and blue sweatpants,
00:45
they look like sunflowers blooming in that walled space.
00:49
Some are playing, while some others sit under trees
00:52
with their books and pencils jotting on their notebooks.
00:55
The complex, with its multi-coloured building, is Snehawan.
00:59
Home to 60 children, all bound by their sad tales of personal loss.
01:04
A parent who has died by suicide.
01:07
They're all children of farmers from different parts of Maharashtra,
01:10
from impoverished families, whose parents, predominantly fathers,
01:14
chose suicide rather than see another debt-ridden day.
01:18
Snehawan, with its white and blue painted buildings,
01:21
some with low roofing, three storey, under construction,
01:25
and some built with large shipping containers,
01:28
is a place that teaches children from the poorest of families that they too can have dreams.
01:34
32-year-old Ashok Deshmane, an IT professional who gave up his job to look after these children,
01:41
spent his childhood and teenager years in abject poverty.
01:44
He convinced the next kin to send the children to Snehawan,
01:48
located 200 km away from Mumbai, in Chakan, in Khed Taluka of Pune district.
01:55
Convincing the surviving parent, often a farmer's widow,
01:58
whose relatives have a major say in the future of children in the households hit by suicide,
02:04
is a challenging task.
02:05
When every child is a farmhand, the families are not too keen on educating them.
02:11
They are poor and their biggest challenge is to get the next meal, says Deshmane,
02:16
whose work with these children has been applauded by many.
02:20
Since 2015, when he took in the first lot of children and started looking after them
02:26
in two rented 10x10 feet rooms in Bhosari, an industrial hub near Pune, he has come a long way.
02:33
Snehawan is a happy place with its chatter and laughter.
02:37
Deshmane and his 26-year-old wife Archana keep it so.
02:42
He says his sole aim is to empower as many children as he can with the funds he has,
02:48
with education and skills that will make them job creators instead of job seekers.
02:54
They are smart and show a willingness to learn.
02:57
None of them will be farmers.
02:58
They have their dreams and Snehawan is where they learn that dreams can be fulfilled.
03:05
For this and more, read the current issue of Outlook.
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